Waterloo, United States

Gaming VPS in Waterloo

High clock speeds and fast disk for game servers and low latency. Built by hand, usually the same day.

Configure your game server → Recommended from $536.35 USD / month

Dedicated cores, never shared
Same price in all 24 locations
Any TCP or UDP port

Closest location live

394 km from Waterloo

6–12 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Waterloo. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.

Choose how the processor is shared

Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.

Private servers only

Availability

Budget friendly

Only for a private server among friends. Shared processor time shows up as stutter the moment a fight starts.

$514.35USD

per month

Configure

General purpose

Recommended

Workable for smaller player counts and slower genres, where a dropped tick goes unnoticed.

$525.35USD

per month

Configure

Recommended for games

Dedicated

The usual choice

A game server has to finish every tick on time, and dedicated cores are the only way that holds when the server is full.

$536.35USD

per month

Configure

Hourly only

Burstable

Not for game servers

Not usable. Throttles under sustained load, and a match is sustained load by definition.

$1.0286USD

per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed

Book by the hour

Launch weekend: add cores and memory on the same server and take them off when the rush settles — by hand, usually within the hour.

Host where your players are

Ping is the one number your players will judge you on, and it is theirs, not yours. Pick the region your community actually lives in — every location costs the same, so there is no reason to compromise.

Americas

Chicago Most central The US Midwest, and the most central choice for nationwide US selling Toronto Canada and the US northeast Dallas Texas and the US south Atlanta The US southeast New York The US east coast Miami Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America Seattle The US Pacific Northwest and western Canada Los Angeles Southern California and the US southwest Santa Clara California and the US west coast

Europe, Middle East & Africa

London The UK and Ireland Amsterdam The Benelux countries and north-west Europe Madrid Spain, Portugal and south-west Europe Stockholm The Nordic countries Frankfurt Most central Germany, Austria and central Europe — the most central choice for EU-wide selling Milan Italy and southern Europe Bucharest Romania and south-east Europe Tel Aviv Israel and the eastern Mediterranean

Asia-Pacific

Tokyo Japan and South Korea Delhi NCR Northern India Hong Kong Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan Kolkata Eastern India and Bangladesh Mumbai Western India Sydney Australia and New Zealand Singapore Most central South-east Asia, and the most central choice for the region

No ping figures here on purpose: your players' latency depends on where they are, and we have not measured a route we cannot see. Distances and estimated round trips from Waterloo are in the table below.

Where your server runs

All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to the players, not to you. Ping is the whole experience in a shooter, and thirty milliseconds is the difference between a hit and a miss.

Americas coverage 9 live

Waterloo is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.

Chicago Nearest 394 km · 6–12 ms Toronto 1,059 km · 16–32 ms Dallas 1,149 km · 17–34 ms Atlanta 1,194 km · 18–36 ms New York 1,534 km · 23–46 ms Miami 2,165 km · 32–65 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Waterloo ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	394 km	6–12 ms
Toronto, Canada	1,059 km	16–32 ms
Dallas, United States	1,149 km	17–34 ms
Atlanta, United States	1,194 km	18–36 ms
New York, United States	1,534 km	23–46 ms
Miami, United States	2,165 km	32–65 ms
Seattle, United States	2,407 km	36–72 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,436 km	37–73 ms
Santa Clara, United States	2,575 km	39–77 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,591 km	99–198 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,831 km	102–205 ms
Madrid, Spain	7,025 km	105–211 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	7,035 km	106–211 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	7,191 km	108–216 ms
Milan, Italy	7,537 km	113–226 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,581 km	129–257 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	10,124 km	152–304 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	9,847 km	148–295 ms
Delhi NCR, India	12,047 km	181–361 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,312 km	185–369 ms
Kolkata, India	12,780 km	192–383 ms
Mumbai, India	13,003 km	195–390 ms
Sydney, Australia	14,508 km	218–435 ms
Singapore	14,877 km	223–446 ms

Distances are from Waterloo. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.

Dedicated cores, never shared

Any port range you need, TCP or UDP

Root access for your own server binaries

Daily off-server backups of world data

Included with every Gaming server, in every class, at every location.

Game server hosting for Waterloo

We host servers for companies throughout Waterloo, IA and the rest of United States. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.

Chicago is our closest location at 394 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.

Gaming VPS in Waterloo — FAQs

Should I host near me or near my players?

Near your players, always. Ping is the whole experience in a fast game, and it belongs to them rather than to you. Chicago is closest to Waterloo at 394 km, but if your community is elsewhere, host elsewhere — every location costs the same.

Which hardware class does a game server need?

Dedicated. A game server has to finish every tick on time, and that only holds when nothing else is competing for the cores. The shared classes show up as stutter the moment a fight starts, and Burstable throttles under exactly the sustained load a full match creates.

Can I open custom ports and run my own binaries?

Yes. Root access, any TCP or UDP port range, and your own server build — there is no supported-games list because there is nothing between you and the machine.

What ping will my players get?

That depends entirely on where they are, and we will not quote a figure for a player whose location we do not know. What we can tell you is the distance from each of our 24 locations, which is on this page — pick the one nearest your community.

How much does a game server cost in Waterloo?

From $514.35 USD per month, with $536.35 USD on the Dedicated class, which is the one worth buying here. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

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